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“Revanche”: who was behind the emergence of “Tradition and Order” (part 2)

The second part of the article about the new far-right party recently created in Ukraine explores the complicated relations and conflicting patronage networks defining the course of competition in the far right political field and framing the agenda of the competing forces.

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“Revanche”: opposition nationalists pledge their cooperation with the authorities (part 1)

At the end of August 2016, a presentation of the new right-wing movement “Tradition and Order” took place in Kyiv. “Tradition and Order” targets a nationalistic audience, which means it will inevitably encounter competition from existing parties, namely the All-Ukrainian Union Svoboda, the Right Sector and others.

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Protests against Inter: the far-right impose their agenda, interior minister may be involved

It is obvious that the “street far-right” are trying to illegally and forcefully dictate their own ideological sympathies. Their patrons who have interest in the matter, make excuses for aggressive behavior of the far-right, and it increasingly legitimizes Nazis in social and political spheres.